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METHOD-0F SEALING FRUIT AND OTHER CANS. No. 288,526.- Patented Nov. 13, 1883.

WITNESSES: Q INVENTOR ATTORNEYS N. FEIERS. Photoiflhugrzlpher. Willhinglun. D. c.

UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICE JOHN WATEROUS, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

METHOD OF SEALING FRUIT AND OTHER CANS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 288,526, dated November 13, 1883,

Application filed September 17,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern! Be it known that 1, JOHN WATEROUS, of

' Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State and the cement melted for sealing them.

Heretofore, where cans have been sealed with cement-covered cords, the cords have been applied adjacent to or in contact with the edge or outer flange of the cap or cover after the latter has been placed upgn the can. This is objectionable, in that it leaves the sealing material exposed.

My invention consists in applying the cemcutcoated cord or strip to the can before the cap or cover is put upon the can, and in such manner that the sealing material will be covered and protected by the cap or cover.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in. which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the cement-covered cords which I use in carrying out my invention, and Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate my new method of sealing applied to two different forms of cans and caps or covers.

In carrying my invention into effect I first fill the can or jar A with the heated fruit, vegetable, or other substance to be preserved.

I then apply to it several of the cement-coated strings or strips B, and then I place over the neck of the can and over or upon the applied cement-coated strips the cap or cover 0 of the can or jar. The heat from the material in the can will melt down the cement on the strips B, which will hermetically seal the can beneath the cap or cover, or between it and the neck of the can, thus leaving the sealing ma terial whollycovered and protected by the cap or cover of the can, so that the can may be handled without danger of breaking or disturbing the sealing material. If the cap or cover of the can is formed with a flange, c, the cement-coated strings or strips B will be placed upon the shoulder of the can, as shown 3. By this method of sealing it will be seen that the sealing material of the can is not only inclosed and protected by the cap or cover of p the can, but that the work of scaling is very much simplified, and that a perfect sealing of the can can always be effected, owing to the ,limited space in which thesealing material is held.

strips B the cap or cover of the, can, whereby the sealing material will be covered and protected by the cover and the can easily and perfectly sealed by the melting of the cement, substantially as described.

Witnesses:

H. A. WEsr, O. SnDGWIoK.

JOHN WATEROUS. 

